Yukon Wildlife and Wildfire

Wildfire can leave a landscape looking like a lifeless moonscape, but the forest isn’t dead. Beneath the blackened stumps and charred ground, new life emerges. Equipped with field guides, binoculars and a healthy dose of curiosity, Carrie and Karen, intrepid naturalists with the Government of Yukon’s Wildlife Viewing Program, trek through post-fire landscapes to see what’s sprouting, who’s passing through and why it all matters for the boreal forest.